Ahimsa
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Ahimsa (Ahinsa) (Sanskrit: अहिंसा IAST: Template:IAST, Pāli: Template:IAST) means 'not to injure' and 'compassion' and refers to a key virtue in Hinduism and Jainism.
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See also
- Anekantavada
- Consistent life ethic
- Ethics
- Nonkilling
- Nonviolence
- Nonresistance
- Pacifism
- Yamas
- Karuṇā
- Civil resistance
- Gandhism
- Satyagraha
- Veganism
- Vegetarianism and religion
- History of vegetarianism
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